Internal Bridgegate probe a waste of money

Well it looks like Chris Christie has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.

So says the high-powered law firm he hired (using taxpayer money at $650 dollars an hour) to investigate the governor's staff involvement in the lane closures.

A press release from the governor's office said the team from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was headed by five (count 'em, five) seasoned former federal prosecutors. If this investigation took five heads to conduct can you imagine how many minions were on the team too? Now let's all remember that before he became governor Christie was the former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

This whole thing just doesn't pass the smell test when you realize the lawyers overseeing the "comprehensive and exhaustive" probe did not speak to Bridget Anne Kelly, or Bill Stepien, or David Wildstein, or even Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich.

Perhaps an audit of the Gibson Dunn invoices (which tallied over $1 million) is in order to make sure the good people of New Jersey, and especially those of Fort Lee, were not hosed during this investigation. Just don't let Christie select the auditors.

Steve Gaydos

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Internal Bridgegate probe a waste of money

Well it looks like Chris Christie has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.

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